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WORLD WAR 3 REPORT
Vigilant, Independent Sentry of Truth in the War on Terrorism
#. 45. Aug. 5, 2002
by Bill Weinberg
with David Bloom and Subuhi Jiwani, Special Correspondents
12. U.S. IMPERIAL INTERESTS IN GULF REGION
Osama El Sherif wrote in The Star newspaper in Amman, Jordan, July 23, =
that removing Saddam Hussein from power is just a smokescreen for US =
geostrategic aims in the Middle East:
"The Sykes-Picot agreement of 1916 divided the Levant into areas under =
British and French rule...and facilitated the creation of a federation =
of "independent Arab states" under both countries' protection. We can =
easily trace the Middle East, as we know it today, to those historic =
events... Today history is about to repeat itself. The United States is =
busy redrawing the map of this region to serve its interest and that of =
its Israeli ally. The focus of Washington's efforts in the coming phase =
will be to topple the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq and implant a =
subservient government in its place....
"Turning Iraq into an American base will limit any threat to Israel by =
the Islamic republic in Iran, prepare for a new approach to Saudi Arabia =
and put the small Gulf states under US protection and control for =
decades... Furthermore, if Iraq or the entities that will rise from its =
ruin fall under American aegis, then the road will be open for Israel to =
execute a final solution to its Palestinian problem. Transfer will no =
longer be a dream entertained by a handful of Zionist extremists, but a =
viable option towards achieving the goal of a pure and exclusive Jewish =
state."
(http://www.middleeastwire.com:8080/storypage.jsp?id=3D16026 )
13. IT'S THE OIL, STUPID!
The London Times writes that the removal of Saddam Hussein "would open =
Iraq's rich new oilfields to Western bidders and bring the prospect of =
lessening dependence on Saudi oil... No other country offers such =
untapped oilfields whose exploitation could lessen tensions over the =
Western presence in Saudi Arabia... President Bush has used the War on =
Terror to press his case for drilling in a protected Arctic refuge, but =
predicted reserves in Alaska are dwarfed by the oil wells of the Gulf."
Iraq has oil reserves of 112 billion barrels, second only to Saudi =
Arabia, which has some 265 billion. Iraqi reserves are seven times those =
of the combined UK and Norwegian sectors of the North Sea. Iraq's three =
giant southern fields--Majnoon, West Qurna and Nahr Umar--have the =
capacity to produce as much as Kuwait. "There is nothing like it =
anywhere else in the world" said Gerald Butt, Gulf editor of the Middle =
East Economic Survey. "Its the big prize." And it isn't just Iraq's own =
oil reserves which are at stake, Butt emphasized. "The removal of Saddam =
is, in effect, the removal of the last threat to the free flow of oil =
from the Gulf as a whole." Added Anthony Cordesman of the DC-based =
Center for Strategic and International Studies: "You are looking down =
the line to a world in 2020 when reliance on Gulf oil will have more =
than doubled. The security of the Gulf is an absolutely critical issue."
(http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2701-353176,00.html )
14. U.S. TO REDUCE ICBM INVENTORY BY FIRING THEM AT IRAQ?
Russia's on-line magazine Gazeta.ru speculates the US will use =
intercontinental ballistic missiles armed with conventional warheads to =
attack Iraq. Gazeta.ru referred to July 18 statements by Stephen =
Younger, head of the Pentagon's Threat Reduction Agency, "to the effect =
that his unit is working on the issue of using ICBMs with non-nuclear =
warheads, in a possible armed conflict." Younger apparently did not =
mention Iraq, but Gazeta.ru wrote: "The Pentagon has declassified yet =
another detail of the military operation that is being prepared against =
Iraq. If the United States is unable to reach agreement with [Saddam] =
Hussein's neighbors on the use of their territory for advance deployment =
of its troops, the main strike against Iraq will be delivered by ICBMs."
The use of ICBMs would make it possible to destroy even hardened Iraqi =
military targets--and would be a cheap and efficient way to slash =
nuclear weapons delivery systems, as mandated under the Treaty on the =
Reduction of Strategic Offensive Potentials, signed by Presidents Bush =
and Putin! Gazeta.ru writes that ""as a result of using strategic =
weapons, the Pentagon will gain unique experience of the combat use of =
its own ICBM guidance systems--experience which none of the other =
members of the nuclear club has."
But the alleged plan carries grave and obvious risks. Gazeta.ru =
concluded that "the use of ICBMs in the operation could trigger an =
entirely unpredictable reaction not only from Russia, but also from =
China. And it is not only the fact that ICBM launches against Iraq might =
be misinterpreted by the Russian missile-attack early-warning system." =
(Gazeta.ru, July 25)
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<DIV><FONT size=3D4>Forwarded, partly<EM>: Han Speckens, PressGallery=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes size=3D+1></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes size=3D+1>WORLD WAR 3 REPORT</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes size=3D+1>Vigilant, Independent Sentry of Truth =
in the War=20
on Terrorism</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes size=3D+1>#. 45. Aug. 5, 2002</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes size=3D+1><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes size=3D+1>by Bill Weinberg</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes size=3D+1>with David Bloom and Subuhi Jiwani, =
Special=20
Correspondents</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes size=3D+1><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes size=3D+1>12. U.S. IMPERIAL INTERESTS IN =
GULF=20
REGION</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes size=3D+1>Osama El Sherif wrote in The Star =
newspaper in=20
Amman, Jordan, July 23, that removing Saddam Hussein from power is just =
a=20
smokescreen for US geostrategic aims in the Middle East:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes size=3D+1><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes size=3D+1>"The Sykes-Picot agreement of 1916 =
divided the=20
Levant into areas under British and French rule...and facilitated the =
creation=20
of a federation of "independent Arab states" under both countries' =
protection.=20
We can easily trace the Middle East, as we know it today, to those =
historic=20
events... Today history is about to repeat itself. The United States is =
busy=20
redrawing the map of this region to serve its interest and that of its =
Israeli=20
ally. The focus of Washington's efforts in the coming phase will be to =
topple=20
the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq and implant a subservient =
government in its=20
place....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes size=3D+1><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes size=3D+1>"Turning Iraq into an American base =
will limit any=20
threat to Israel by the Islamic republic in Iran, prepare for a new =
approach to=20
Saudi Arabia and put the small Gulf states under US protection and =
control for=20
decades... Furthermore, if Iraq or the entities that will rise from its =
ruin=20
fall under American aegis, then the road will be open for Israel to =
execute a=20
final solution to its Palestinian problem. Transfer will no longer be a =
dream=20
entertained by a handful of Zionist extremists, but a viable option =
towards=20
achieving the goal of a pure and exclusive Jewish state."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes size=3D+1></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes size=3D+1>(<A=20
href=3D"http://www.middleeastwire.com:8080/storypage.jsp?id=3D16026">http=
://www.middleeastwire.com:8080/storypage.jsp?id=3D16026</A>=20
)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes size=3D+1><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes size=3D+1>13. IT'S THE OIL, STUPID!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes size=3D+1>The London Times writes that the =
removal of Saddam=20
Hussein "would open Iraq's rich new oilfields to Western bidders and =
bring the=20
prospect of lessening dependence on Saudi oil... No other country offers =
such=20
untapped oilfields whose exploitation could lessen tensions over the =
Western=20
presence in Saudi Arabia... President Bush has used the War on Terror to =
press=20
his case for drilling in a protected Arctic refuge, but predicted =
reserves in=20
Alaska are dwarfed by the oil wells of the Gulf."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes size=3D+1><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes size=3D+1>Iraq has oil reserves of 112 billion =
barrels,=20
second only to Saudi Arabia, which has some 265 billion. Iraqi reserves =
are=20
seven times those of the combined UK and Norwegian sectors of the North =
Sea.=20
Iraq's three giant southern fields--Majnoon, West Qurna and Nahr =
Umar--have the=20
capacity to produce as much as Kuwait. "There is nothing like it =
anywhere else=20
in the world" said Gerald Butt, Gulf editor of the Middle East Economic =
Survey.=20
"Its the big prize." And it isn't just Iraq's own oil reserves which are =
at=20
stake, Butt emphasized. "The removal of Saddam is, in effect, the =
removal of the=20
last threat to the free flow of oil from the Gulf as a whole." Added =
Anthony=20
Cordesman of the DC-based Center for Strategic and International =
Studies: "You=20
are looking down the line to a world in 2020 when reliance on Gulf oil =
will have=20
more than doubled. The security of the Gulf is an absolutely critical=20
issue."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes size=3D+1><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes size=3D+1>(<A=20
href=3D"http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2701-353176,00.html">http=
://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2701-353176,00.html</A>=20
)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes size=3D+1><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes size=3D+1>14. U.S. TO REDUCE ICBM INVENTORY BY =
FIRING THEM=20
AT IRAQ?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes size=3D+1>Russia's on-line magazine Gazeta.ru =
speculates the=20
US will use intercontinental ballistic missiles armed with conventional =
warheads=20
to attack Iraq. Gazeta.ru referred to July 18 statements by Stephen =
Younger,=20
head of the Pentagon's Threat Reduction Agency, "to the effect that his =
unit is=20
working on the issue of using ICBMs with non-nuclear warheads, in a =
possible=20
armed conflict." Younger apparently did not mention Iraq, but Gazeta.ru =
wrote:=20
"The Pentagon has declassified yet another detail of the military =
operation that=20
is being prepared against Iraq. If the United States is unable to reach=20
agreement with [Saddam] Hussein's neighbors on the use of their =
territory for=20
advance deployment of its troops, the main strike against Iraq will be =
delivered=20
by ICBMs."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes size=3D+1><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes size=3D+1>The use of ICBMs would make it =
possible to destroy=20
even hardened Iraqi military targets--and would be a cheap and efficient =
way to=20
slash nuclear weapons delivery systems, as mandated under the Treaty on =
the=20
Reduction of Strategic Offensive Potentials, signed by Presidents Bush =
and=20
Putin! Gazeta.ru writes that ""as a result of using strategic weapons, =
the=20
Pentagon will gain unique experience of the combat use of its own ICBM =
guidance=20
systems--experience which none of the other members of the nuclear club=20
has."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes size=3D+1><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes size=3D+1>But the alleged plan carries grave and =
obvious=20
risks. Gazeta.ru concluded that "the use of ICBMs in the operation could =
trigger=20
an entirely unpredictable reaction not only from Russia, but also from =
China.=20
And it is not only the fact that ICBM launches against Iraq might be=20
misinterpreted by the Russian missile-attack early-warning system." =
(Gazeta.ru,=20
July 25)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes size=3D+1><BR>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes size=3D+1><BR></FONT></DIV>
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